Onycha

Onycha
Onycha, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 208
Housing Units (2000): 113
Land area (2000): 0.835126 sq. miles (2.162966 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.005115 sq. miles (0.013248 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.840241 sq. miles (2.176214 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57024
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.221515 N, 86.277694 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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  • Onycha, AL — U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 208 Housing Units (2000): 113 Land area (2000): 0.835126 sq. miles (2.162966 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.005115 sq. miles (0.013248 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.840241 sq. miles (2.176214 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • ONYCHA — (Heb. שחֵלֶת), aromatic substance. According to the ancient translations, the sheḥelet included among the ingredients of the incense (Ex. 30:34) is onycha. An early baraita dating from Temple times has צִפּׁרֶן ( fingernail ) instead of sheḥelet… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Onycha — On y*cha, n. [NL., from L. onyx, ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. ?, ?. See {Onyx}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. Ex. xxx. 34. [1913 Webster] 2. The precious stone …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Onycha — This article is about the incense component. For the town in Alabama, see Onycha, Alabama. Onycha (Greek: ονυξ), along with equal parts of stacte, galbanum, and frankincense, was one of the components of the consecrated Ketoret (incense) which… …   Wikipedia

  • onycha — benzoinis stirakas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Stirakinių šeimos prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas (Styrax benzoin), paplitęs atogrąžų Azijoje. Iš jo gaunami lipai, eterinis aliejus ir derva. atitikmenys: lot. Styrax benzoin angl.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Onycha, Alabama —   Town   Location in …   Wikipedia

  • Onycha (Alabama) — Onycha Pueblo de los Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Onycha —    A nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Ex. 30:34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the claw or nail of the strombus or wing shell, a univalve common in the Red Sea. The opercula of these shell fish when burned emit a strong odour… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • onycha — on·y·cha …   English syllables

  • onycha — ˈänə̇kə noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek, accusative of onych , onyx aromatic substance, onyx, nail of the finger or toe : an ingredient of the incense anciently used in some religious ceremonies of the Jews …   Useful english dictionary

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